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The National Response Framework (NRF) establishes a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident management to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. The NRF is an all-hazards plan built on the template of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).  The NRF provides the structure and mechanisms for national-level policy and operational direction for domestic incident management.

The NRF can be partially or fully implemented in the context of a threat, anticipation of a significant event, or in response to an incident requiring a coordinated Federal response.  Selective implementation through the activation of one or more of the NRF elements allows maximum flexibility to meet the unique operational and information-sharing requirements of any situation and enables effective interaction among various Federal, State, local, tribal, private-sector, and other nongovernmental entities.

The development of a National Response Framework was mandated by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5.  The plan was completed in January 2005 and revised after Hurricane Katrina.  The NRF integrates the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and other national-level contingency plans, and supercedes the following plans:

• Federal Response Plan (FRP)
• Domestic Terrorism Concept of Ops Plan
• Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
• Initial NRP

For More Information

• Department of Homeland Security's National Response Plan
• Emergency Response Authorities
• Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Incident Management System
• Homeland Security Presidential Directives
• How does the EPA work with the NRF?
• National Response System (NRS) Flowchart
• Responding to an Incident